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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />MARCH 21, 1994 <br />The Administrator suggested that he give the Council <br />some ideas on the impact that various percentaqe splits <br />would have. The Administrator felt that the Council <br />had provided enough direction for the improvement <br />hearings to be held tomorrow evening. The indication <br />to the property owners will be that the Council will <br />support something less than a 100% assessment, and <br />further analysis will be done to determine what the <br />assessment split would be. The Administrator pointed <br />out that when the street assessment policy was adopted <br />a lot of time had not been adopted to the assessment of <br />rehabilitated urban streets. <br />Morelan pointed out that if streets had not been <br />constructed to City standards in the past, property <br />owners assumed they had been and those property owners <br />should not be penalized for that. Morelan asked if the <br />credit for a street not realizing its full life would <br />come off the top or the bottom of the project costs. <br />The City Administrator reported that some homes on <br />DeSoto Street did receive such a credit. In that case <br />the assessment rate was calculated and the credit for <br />unrealized street life was taken against the footage. <br />The City Administrator explained the assessment for the <br />Allen Avenue project and how it impacted the Becker and <br />Beasy properties. <br />Morelan felt that the way the rectangular lot provision <br />is applied under the street assessment policy, the <br />assessment for the Beasy property was too low. Morelan <br />felt that the assessment would have been more equitable <br />if the odd-shaped lot provision had been used. It was <br />Morelan's recommendation that the rectangular lot <br />provision be deleted from the policy, and the odd- <br />shaped lot provision renamed to include rectangular <br />lots. <br />In reviewing that suggestion it was the consensus of <br />the Council to adopt it. <br />Council then discussed the assessment of curb and <br />gutter improvement as outlined under the street <br />assessment policy. The Administrator indicated that it <br />was his understanding that curb and gutter is assessed <br />at 100% of cost and that curb and gutter footaqes are <br />14 <br />